Tag Archives: conservation

What’s on the Horizon for US-Mexican Relations?

OPINION By THE WILSON CENTER MEXICO INSTITUTE Given the current political and social panorama in Mexico, there will be three major things to watch for in the months ahead regarding U.S.-Mexico relations: Migration As border apprehensions of undocumented migrants reach record levels, the Joe Biden and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) administrations strive to collaborate to reduce the flow and

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Restoration Project Launched for Mexico’s Coral Reefs

XINHUA Researchers specializing in sea resources at Mexico’s Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute have recently launched a project to restore fish biodiversity in the country’s Caribbean coral reefs. Jesús Ernesto Arias González, a researcher at the center, said:, “We realize this (restoration project) by using various techniques. One way is catching fish before they

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Witness to Extinction

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     Last month, Sudan, the world’s last surviving male northern white rhino, died after months of poor health. He was 45 years old and lived at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. Now, there are only two female northern white rhinos left on Earth, Sudan’s daughter and granddaughter. Witnessing a major mammal species become extinct before our very

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The Gentle Giants of the Forest

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     Their very name means “man of the forest,” and anyone who has ever seen an orangutan up close and personal will understand why these highly intelligent primates, with their human-like features and their acute sensitivity, are considered to be one of our closest living relatives. And yet, despite their gentle, unaggressive nature and their compassionate personalities, the

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Investing in Wildlife

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     It has a population of barely 11 million and an annual GDP of less than $25 billion a year, but when it comes to ecologic responsibility, the little West African republic of Benin, is a conservation powerhouse. Benin, with a total area of less than an area of 115,000 square kilometers, boasts one of the last big

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